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The Peneda-Gerês National Park

When it comes to talking about Portugal, I always find a lot of information about Lisbon, Sintra, Porto, and Algarve. Even in social networks, these places are the main ones when foreigners visit Portugal, and I noticed that there are very few visiting Gerês.

The Peneda-Gerês National Park is the only Portuguese national park and it has 72 000 hectares.

It is located in the region of Minho, in the north of Portugal.

There are villages that have hardly changed since the 12th century.
In most villages, there are cows being walking by women dressed in black, and herds cared for by dogs.

SOBREDO

These areas are completely removed from the modernity of a city, to enter them is incredible. When a car passes, the few people in the streets turn to see and everyone smiles, they receive you in a very friendly way and always willing to help.

We stayed at an Airbnb House (Casas da Levada), which is in the middle of the mountains away from all the chaos of any city. (I will show photos at the end of the post)

SOAJO

DAY 2

We visit Soajo, and its famous “Espigueiros“, which are usually structures of stone and wood, although there are some entirely of stone, with the function of drying the corn through the lateral fissures, and at the same time preventing the destruction of the same by rodents through the elevation of it.